Your S.H.I.F.T. profile (set in the ⚙ Settings menu) tells Buddy your last A1C, your goal A1C, your GLP-1 status, and your neuropathy status. Every coaching response is built around these — the more accurate your profile, the more useful Buddy becomes.

“Anything Else Buddy Should Know?” — this is the most important field in your profile, and most people leave it blank. Tell Buddy what's actually going on with your body: a condition that makes you fast, night shift work, a recent surgery, foods you can't eat, medications beyond a GLP-1. Buddy carries it into every single conversation, every day, forever. You will never have to explain it twice.

Every morning, before you eat or drink anything, log your fasting glucose here. This is your most important daily number — it's the one your body sets overnight, before a single choice gets made.

Buddy reads your fasting trend — not just today's number, but the direction it's been moving. He'll tell you honestly whether it's climbing, flat, or dropping, explain what's likely driving it (dawn phenomenon, last night's dinner, sleep, stress, hydration), and give you one thing to focus on today.

This entry does not count toward your daily meal limit. Log it every single day — it feeds your Fasting Glucose Trend chart and your guarantee streak.

Two ways to use it, with the toggle inside:

• Before I Eat — enter your glucose and what you're planning to have. Buddy gives you feedback before you commit, so you can make a small adjustment instead of a big correction.
• After I Ate — log what you ate and your reading 1-2 hours later. Buddy assesses the impact and helps you spot which foods spike you and which keep you steady.

This one isn't a log. It's a conversation.

Tell Buddy anything: “My gut is flaring so I'm fasting today.” “I slept three hours.” “Why is my morning number always worse on Mondays?” “I'm skipping lunch, is that okay?” A glucose number is optional here — sometimes what's happening to you doesn't come with a reading.

Buddy has your logs, your trend, and your profile in front of him when he answers. Use this when something is going on that a meal log can't explain.

You get 8 coaching sessions per day — My Meals and Ask Buddy combined. That's plenty for real tracking and real conversation without overwhelming you.

Your Morning S.H.I.F.T. never counts against it. Log your fasting number every single day, no matter what.

What to Expect From Buddy, Your AI Coach

Buddy gives warm, specific, 3-5 sentence responses in a few seconds. He explains the why behind your numbers — dawn phenomenon, cortisol, caffeine, stress, sleep, fat slowing digestion, fiber and protein buffering blood sugar, dehydration — so you understand what your meter is actually telling you.

What Buddy remembers: your last 20 logs, your last 30 fasting readings, your weekly average, your full profile, and whatever you told him in “Anything Else Buddy Should Know.” He sees your patterns, not just today.

• Never medical advice or a diagnosis — always a wellness coach
• The more you log, the more pattern he has to work with
• Reinforces that steady, sustainable control is possible — one reading at a time

Your dashboard has three tabs at the top:

• My Coaching — where Buddy lives. Morning S.H.I.F.T., My Meals, and Ask Buddy are all here.
• Fasting — your 14-day fasting glucose trend chart, built from your Morning S.H.I.F.T. check-ins.
• 30-Day — your full 30-day glucose readings chart, built from your Before I Eat and After I Ate entries.

Fasting Glucose Trend (Fasting tab) — your daily morning fasting readings over the last 14 days. The green zone shows your sub-100 goal. Watch this line trend downward over weeks of consistent logging.

30-Day Glucose Trend (30-Day tab) — all your meal-time glucose readings over 30 days. Dots are color-coded: green (under 140), amber (140-180), red (over 180). The dashed line is your 140 target. Use this to spot which meals spike you and which keep you steady.

CGM users: if you use a FreeStyle Libre, Dexcom, or other CGM, set your device in ⚙ Settings — your coach will reference your continuous data context when coaching you.